Science 101: How do plants move?

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Just as with any organism, simple growth causes plants to move, but we’re going to focus on movements that are unique to plants and, in some cases, pretty creepy. Sorry for the pun. Here the author describes a bunch of plant movements and then explains the mechanism for a few of them.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2009Stock # sc09_047_01_64Volume 047Issue 01

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Adah (San Antonio, TX)

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This is a great article to introduce tropisms, especially the influence of light and gravity on plant growth direction. The diagrams are really good and help to explain. The article also p... See More

Alyce D (Peyton, CO)

How Do Plants Move?

Robertson ("Stop Faking It" series) explains the science behind our plants that move and twist as they grown. Excellent accompanying illustrations. A classroom of K-8 botanists would easil... See More

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